The 2026 Ginetta Junior Championship was the 22nd season of the Ginetta Junior Championship, a British one-make motor racing series for junior drivers using Ginetta G40 Junior Evo cars. The championship is contested by drivers aged 14 to 17 and is organised as an entry-level car racing series for young drivers moving from karting into circuit racing.

The season compromised of an eight-event, 25-race calendar. It opened at Donington Park on 11 April and concluded at Brands Hatch on 27 September. For 2026, SRO Motorsports Group assumed operational control of Ginetta's UK-based championships, including Ginetta Juniors.

Teams and drivers

Team Driver Rounds Paradine Competition 31 Samuel Del Gaudio 1–3, 5 2 Vicky Farfus 1–6 R Racing 7 4 Lewis Goff All 5 Melvin Kalousdian All 17 Max Murray All 18 Riley Cranham All 26 Jesse Phillips All 27 Louis Radcliffe 6–8 36 Sebastian Leusch All Project R 3 Jorn Helder 1–4 E3 Sport 6 Andrew Robinson 1–6 Elite Motorsport 7 Ian Danicska 4–5, 8 8 Devon Hagelen All 11 Henry Cameron All 12 Daniel Oliver 1–6 24 Harrison Mackie All 44 Maxim Kharuk 6–8 46 Jacob Ashcroft All 67 Vladislav Tomenchuk 1–5 81 Finlay Lines 8 MKH Racing 9 Bailey Doughty All 21 Ethan Brass All MDD Motorsport 15 Addison Smith All Pace Performance 20 Luca Luen 4 42 Pearce Wade 1–2 63 Henry Carter 1–3 64 Oliver Vaux 6 73 Harry Bartle All 75 Kai Veitch 1–3 Performance One 22 Josh Watts All 47 Dominic Darling All 95 Noah Young All RAB Sport Racing 33 Anesu Maphumulo All 52 Oscar Stockley-King 1–2 Orion SPR 84 Jake Woods 1–2

Calendar

All rounds are scheduled to run alongside the British GT Championship apart from the rounds at Zandvoort, Croft and the first Donington round.

Round Circuit Date 1 Donington Park, Leicestershire (Grand Prix Circuit) 11–12 April 2 Silverstone, Northamptonshire (Grand Prix Circuit) 25–26 April 3 Oulton Park, Cheshire (International Circuit) 23–25 May 4 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 27–28 June 5 Zandvoort Circuit, Zandvoort 11–12 July 6 Snetterton, Norfolk (300 Circuit) 15–16 August 7 Donington Park, Leicestershire (Grand Prix Circuit) 5–6 September 8 Brands Hatch, Kent (Grand Prix Circuit) 26–27 September Source:

Race results +Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie Winner 1 R1 Donington Park, Leicestershire (Grand Prix Circuit) 11–12 April Lewis Goff Jesse Phillips Lewis Goff R Racing Lewis Goff R2 Lewis Goff Lewis Goff Lewis Goff R Racing Lewis Goff R3 Jesse Phillips Lewis Goff R Racing Lewis Goff 2 R1 Silverstone, Northamptonshire (Grand Prix Circuit) 25–26 April Harry Bartle Harry Bartle Lewis Goff R Racing Lewis Goff R2 Harry Bartle Jesse Phillips Harry Bartle Pace Performance Lewis Goff R3 Harry Bartle Lewis Goff R Racing Lewis Goff 3 R1 Oulton Park, Cheshire (International Circuit) 23–25 May Harrison Mackie Max Murray Josh Watts Performance One Jesse Phillips R2 Riley Cranham Lewis Goff Harrison Mackie Elite Motorsport Harrison Mackie R3 Riley Cranham Lewis Goff R Racing Lewis Goff 4 R1 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 27–28 June Jacob Ashcroft Harrison Mackie Jacob Ashcroft Elite Motorsport Jacob Ashcroft R2 Riley Cranham Josh Watts Harrison Mackie Elite Motorsport Harrison Mackie R3 Riley Cranham Harrison Mackie Riley Cranham R Racing Riley Cranham R4 Riley Cranham Devon Hagelen Harry Bartle Pace Performance Harrison Mackie 5 R1 Zandvoort Circuit, Zandvoort 11–12 July Melvin Kalousdian Lewis Goff Lewis Goff R Racing Lewis Goff R2 Lewis Goff Lewis Goff Harrison Mackie Elite Motorsport Harrison Mackie R3 Harrison Mackie Lewis Goff R Racing Lewis Goff 6 R1 Snetterton, Norfolk (300 Circuit) 15–16 August Melvin Kalousdian Riley Cranham Melvin Kalousdian R Racing Devon Hagelen R2 Melvin Kalousdian Riley Cranham Melvin Kalousdian R Racing Riley Cranham R3 Sebastian Leusch Melvin Kalousdian R Racing Sebastian Leusch 7 R1 Donington Park, Leicestershire (Grand Prix Circuit) 5–6 September Melvin Kalousdian Melvin Kalousdian Melvin Kalousdian R Racing Riley Cranham R2 Riley Cranham Harry Bartle Riley Cranham R Racing Riley Cranham R3 Harrison Mackie Lewis Goff R Racing Lewis Goff 8 R1 Brands Hatch, Kent (Grand Prix Circuit) 26–27 September Jesse Phillips Riley Cranham Harrison Mackie Elite Motorsport Harrison Mackie R2 Jesse Phillips Lewis Goff Riley Cranham R Racing Riley Cranham R3 Riley Cranham Lewis Goff R Racing Lewis Goff

Championship standings

Championship points are awarded to classified finishers in each race as follows:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points 35 30 26 22 20 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Competitors count all championship rounds less two dropped scores. A round cannot be dropped where the competitor receives certain penalties or is disqualified from a classified race result for a sporting or technical infringement.

Drivers' Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap, (R) indicates rookie season)

Pos Driver DON1 SIL OUL CRO ZAN SNE DON2 BRA Total Drop Pen. Points 1 Lewis Goff (R) 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 5 1 24 3 9 4 1 3 1 Ret 4 4 5 3 1 3 4 1 652 6 646 2 Harrison Mackie (R) 19 3 4 4 Ret 12 7 1 2 8 1 2 2 2 1 2 Ret 10 13 3 5 2 1 3 3 553 2 15 536 3 Melvin Kalousdian 6 6 3 6 5 5 18 7 3 20 7 14 6 5 5 3 1 1 1 1 4 15 2 5 13 504 7 24 473 4 Jesse Phillips (R) 3 5 2 5 8 3 2 15 8 2 5 3 3 10 6 6 Ret 9 6 19 6 Ret 5 2 2 469 12 457 5 Harry Bartle 2 2 7 2 1 2 6 4 7 16 8 4 1 3 9 4 8 8 10 Ret 2 DSQ 4 6 16 481 5 27 449 6 Riley Cranham (R) 10 4 6 9 7 27 5 24 6 9 6 1 5 Ret 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 4 Ret 1 7 478 48 430 7 Jacob Ashcroft (R) 8 9 5 3 3 4 3 2 20 1 2 5 Ret 4 4 8 Ret 14 11 9 Ret Ret 6 11 4 400 9 391 8 Devon Hagelen (R) 14 Ret 13 Ret 13 10 14 6 4 11 15 10 7 9 8 7 2 7 8 4 7 12 19 14 5 303 9 294 8 Max Murray (R) 4 7 17 8 4 7 16 3 12 3 Ret 6 9 6 21 22 14 5 5 7 12 DSQ 15 Ret 9 299 12 287 10 Sebastian Leusch (R) 9 10 8 11 24 16 19 20 19 5 9 7 12 8 10 10 4 3 2 14 16 3 7 20 14 291 1 15 275 11 Henry Cameron 15 11 10 13 6 6 10 8 5 10 10 11 11 15 7 9 7 15 15 8 17 9 13 15 6 282 10 272 12 Noah Young 7 Ret 9 7 23 9 21 Ret 10 4 12 17 13 11 12 13 6 11 17 12 Ret 8 8 10 10 228 6 222 13 Josh Watts Ret 14 Ret Ret 10 8 1 21 Ret 6 Ret 23 10 14 Ret 14 10 6 7 Ret 15 6 16 18 18 191 6 185 14 Bailey Doughty (R) 12 Ret 19 15 14 18 12 11 Ret 21 Ret 19 16 16 11 15 12 17 14 16 8 11 10 9 8 160 12 148 15 Dominic Darling (R) Ret 23 21 21 16 17 23 Ret 13 12 13 15 15 19 16 20 9 23 16 6 9 5 11 12 17 144 144 16 Addison Smith (R) 11 12 16 10 9 Ret 11 9 18 14 14 12 Ret 17 14 17 Ret 12 12 13 10 Ret WD WD WD 146 6 140 17 Daniel Oliver (R) 5 8 18 DSQ DSQ DSQ 8 16 Ret DSQ 4 8 8 7 Ret 12 5 13 9 171 36 135 18 Ethan Brass (R) 22 19 25 18 18 20 24 14 15 23 17 18 14 21 17 19 15 16 20 11 11 7 14 13 15 111 111 19 Vladislav Tomenchuk (R) 13 Ret 14 12 12 11 9 19 9 13 11 13 DSQ 18 15 16 109 12 97 20 Jorn Helder (R) 21 15 12 17 11 15 15 10 14 15 16 16 Ret 75 6 69 21 Ian Danicska (R) 7 19 20 Ret 13 13 11 17 7 Ret 65 65 22 Kai Veitch (R) 16 12 11 Ret 15 13 13 12 11 65 65 23 Vicky Farfus (R) 17 18 Ret 16 21 22 22 17 Ret 17 20 24 17 12 Ret Ret 11 18 18 18 13 10 72 12 60 24 Louis Radcliffe (R) 13 19 24 10 14 Ret 9 17 12 53 53 25 Andrew Robinson (R) 20 16 15 20 17 19 20 13 16 22 21 22 18 20 18 18 16 21 19 50 50 26 Finlay Lines (R) 12 8 11 33 33 27 Anesu Maphumulo (R) 26 21 24 25 22 25 26 22 Ret 18 18 21 19 23 20 Ret Ret Ret 23 17 18 14 18 16 19 33 33 28 Henry Carter (R) 18 20 Ret 14 Ret 14 17 18 Ret 25 25 29 Maxim Kharuk (R) Ret 22 21 15 19 13 Ret 19 Ret 18 18 30 Pearce Wade (R) 24 17 20 19 19 21 9 9 31 Oliver Vaux (R) 17 20 22 5 5 32 Luca Luen (R) 19 22 25 20 3 3 33 Jake Woods (R) WD WD WD 22 20 24 1 1 34 Oscar Stockley-King (R) 25 22 23 24 25 23 0 0 35 Samuel Del Gaudio (R) 23 DSQ 22 23 26 26 25 23 17 22 19 21 6 12 -6

Notes

References

External links

Ginetta Junior Update